Renewable energy share in Malawi

Renewable sources provided 62.9% of final energy consumption in Malawi in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2022 62.9% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 −8.2percentage points 2021: 71.1%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Malawi (2022).

Renewable energy share in Malawi over time

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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2022
Period MalawiWorld
2022 62.9% –
2021 71.1% –
2020 71.5% 19.7%
2019 70.9% 18.6%
2018 73.2% 18.1%
2017 76.9% 17.9%
2016 78.9% 17.6%
2015 81.0% 17.4%
2014 82.8% 17.3%
2013 79.8% 17.2%
2012 80.2% 16.9%
2011 80.2% 16.7%
2010 81.2% 16.7%
2009 80.0% 17.1%
2008 80.4% 16.7%
2007 82.2% 16.5%
2006 82.8% 16.7%
2005 83.2% 16.6%
2004 82.4% 16.8%
2003 82.8% 17.1%
2002 83.3% 17.2%
2001 83.1% 17.2%
2000 82.6% 17.5%
1999 81.0% 17.9%
1998 81.9% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −8.2 percentage points from 71.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 80.2%, the figure has changed by −17.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Malawi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7